The Neander Valley seems to be north of 51 degrees North latitude (further north than Calgary). That seems to me to be Northern Europe. But I'm not a philosopher so you lost me talking about nominalism.
To be sure, Europe wasn't called that when the Neanderthals were alive.
Oh, I was agreeing with you about the situation of the valley, I was using a double negative for rhetorical effect. You're right, Neanderthals are essentially Northern Euro.